Blank index.jsp and some jsf pages within WebContent folder

Question

Hi dear all,
I have a problem with a blank index.jsp forwarding to a jsf file i.e. <jsp:forward page="/pages/xxx.jsf" />
I have tested with index.html (is showing with right contents), index.jsp (page loaded but blank), index.jsf (page loaded but blank).
Web Server details : Tomcat 6.0.18 running on Linux.
Folder structure is
Webapps
|-----<application>
|---------WebContent
|---------pages (same level as WEB-INF)
|---------WEB-INF (same level as WEB-INF)
within WEB-INF, web.xml is as follows:
============================
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC
"-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN"
"http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd">
<web-app>
<context-param>
<param-name>javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD</param-name>
<param-value>server</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>javax.faces.CONFIG_FILES</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/faces-config.xml</param-value>
</context-param>
<listener>
<listener-class>com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener</listener-class>
</listener>
<!-- Faces Servlet -->
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup> 1 </load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<!-- Faces Servlet Mapping -->
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.jsf</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
     <session-config>
<session-timeout>35</session-timeout>
</session-config>
</web-app>
But direct access to jsf files within pages directory is showing, which is not desirable.
Can someone advise me why?
Many thanks and have a good day,
May

Answer 1

Mei_Liew wrote:
I have a problem with a blank index.jsp forwarding to a jsf file i.e. <jsp:forward page="/pages/xxx.jsf" />You forgot to tell more about the problem. What happens? What happens not?